In the short break between performances in Calais, stage actress Alix makes a quick escape to Paris. On the train she meets a mysterious English stranger and, for the most fleeting of afternoons, imagines what the future could hold down a different road.
Cast and Crew
Emmanuelle Devos
Alix
Gabriel Byrne
The man
Gilles Privat
Rodolphe
Aurélia Petit
Diane
Laurent Capelluto
Olivier
Noémie Landreau
The woman at the bank reception
Françoise Lebrun
Alix's mother (voice)
Denis Ménochet
Antoine (voice)
Sébastien Pouderoux
The young man who is doing the casting
Olivier Broche
The theater administrator
Eddie Chignara
An actor from Ibsen's play
Victoria Quesnel
An actress from Ibsen's play
Anne- Élodie Sorlin
Camille, the assistant
Odile Grosset-Grange
The actress who does vocalizations
Laurent Desponds
A traveler on the train
Delphine Zingg
The doctor passing by
Maxence Tual
The passerby when Alix is leaning against the post